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SAG-AFTRA announced that members Marsha Hunt, Norman Lloyd, June Lockhart and Barbara Perry will be recipients of the SAG-AFTRA Founders Award for their historic contributions to the union. The special tribute will be presented Saturday during the SAG-AFTRA National Board plenary and honors early members of SAG-AFTRA's predecessor unions, SAG and AFTRA, who have provided meritorious service to fellow members. 

Plays through the 18th of August, 2018

Room Service, the 1937 screwball comedy by Allen Boretz and John Murray is Broadway-bound.

Between classic showtunes, the Broadway legend shares memories of how her life-long love affair with Broadway began.

This year's Creative Arts telecast partner is FXM; a two-hour edited version of the ceremony will air Sunday, August 24 at 8:00 PM ET/PT with an encore at 10:00 PM ET/PT on FXM. The program will be streamed in its entirety as part of the Backstage LIVE! show on Emmys.com at 12:00 PM PT/3:00 PM ET on Monday, August 25.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. (WBHE) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are adding four new collections to their TCM Greatest Classic Films line, which spotlights Hollywood's most legendary actors and actresses in classic cinema.

The romantic comedy Parfumerie, adapted by E.P. Dowdall from the Hungarian play Illatszertar by Miklos Laszlo, will have a rare revival as the first theater production of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (Lou Moore, Executive Director), for a limited, 29 performance engagement November 26 to December 22. The production, directed by Mark Brokaw, who is currently represented on Broadway with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, centers on a romance that unfolds through love letters, a perfect homage to the historic Beverly Hills Post Office. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

The romantic comedy Parfumerie, adapted by E.P. Dowdall from the Hungarian playIllatszertar by Miklos Laszlo, will have a rare revival as the first theater production of the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (Lou Moore, Executive Director), for a limited, 29 performance engagement November 26 to December 22. The production, directed by Mark Brokaw, who is currently represented on Broadway with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, centers on a romance that unfolds through love letters, a perfect homage to the historic Beverly Hills Post Office.

If you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more! - around the Broadway World for the week of April 8!

Reliance MediaWorks (www.RelianceMediaWorks.com) is proud to announce that Academy Award-winning VFX Supervisor, George Murphy, will join their in-house team. Filling the position of Chief Creative Officer, Mr. Murphy is known within the entertainment industry for his visual effects work on iconic movies like Jurassic Park, Planet of the Apes, Forrest Gump (for which he received a Best Visual Effects Oscar), King Kong, Starship Troopers, and The Matrix: Reloaded & Revolutions, among others. As a seasoned expert in Hollywood visual effects, Mr. Murphy's broad experience and accomplishments are sure to prove a perfect match for the creative future of Reliance MediaWorks (RMW).

August: Osage County begins a four week run this evening at the Waterfront Playhouse.

August: Osage County begins a four week run this evening at the Waterfront Playhouse.

Fasten your seat belts Key West - "August: Osage County" begins a four week run December 20th at the Waterfront Playhouse. This dazzling play has won every major theater award, including the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Play. Written by Tracy Letts, "August" has garnered rave reviews that playwrights usually only dream about. The New York Times raved, "'August' is flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."

The Waterfront Playhouse opens their 70th Platinum mainstage season with the crackling thriller 'Twelve Angry Men' by Reginald Rose. Considered by many to be the greatest courtroom drama ever written, 'Twelve Angry Men' is the gripping tale of the emotional fireworks that take place in the jury room of a murder trial. 'Stunning...we leave the theater a bit better than we entered it.' - New York Magazine. Directed by artistic director Danny Weathers, the production features a top notch ensemble of Key West actors. Opening on Thursday, December 17th, the play runs through January 9th. The production is sponsored by Rudy Molinet and Marquis Properties Realty. The opening night gala party is sponsored by Bunnie Smith and Jack Paul. The Platinum Season sponsors of the Waterfront are El Meson de Pepe and Comcast

The thing that always strikes me about Euan Morton, from his New York debut in Taboo to his Obie-winning stint in Measure For Pleasure and various other plays, musicals, concerts and cabarets, is that the guy seems incapable of expressing a dishonest emotion.  While some performers may dazzle you with their creativity or their exceptional craft, Morton draws you in with a comforting safety that makes artistry out of sincerity.  He opens his four-week run at The Oak Room (through March 29th), titled Here and Now, with Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley's 'Pure Imagination,' glowing with a naturally boyish earnestness and a gentle smile.

Playwright Paul Rudnick has written some of the funniest plays seen both on and off Broadway, including The New Century, Valhalla, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, I Hate Hamlet and Jeffrey, for which he won an Obie and an Outer Critics Circle Award. His articles and essays have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New York Times. His is rumored to be quite close to Premiere Magazine's film critic, Libby Gelman-Waxner. His screenplays include Addams Family Values, the screen adaptation of Jeffrey, and In & Out. The New York Times calls Rudnick 'one of the funniest quip-meisters on the planet.'